News Scrapbook 1956-1959

October 4, 1957

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USD Leaves For Montana Game Today Coach Bob McCutcheon's 31-man University of San Di- ego football squad will lea.9e by p 1 a n e from Lindb'l!rgh Field this morning at 9 o'clock for Bozeman, Mont. for to- morrow afternoon's game with Montana State College. The Pioneers will arrive in Bozeman thi afternoon and run through a light workout in preparation for their game with the defending national small college champions who are unbeaten in 15 games. The Bobcats have beaten South Dakota State, Fresno State and Central Washing- ton this year. USO has de- feated the Barstow Marines, 20-13, lost to Arizona State of Flagstaff, 4Q.6, and had its game with New Mexico West- ern College cancelled because o[ the flu.

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-San Diego Union Stoff Photo Governali of San Diego State, during Monday Quarterback Club meeting yesterday. Marines and State will clash Saturday night in Aztec Bowl. Governali Boasts Aztecs OverMCRD By HOWARD HAGEN Paul Governali o! San Diego State held Robert (Bu I) Trometter ol Marine Corps Recruit Depot to a scareless tie yesterday. Governali, either whistling our good running back, has a past the graveyard or possess- dislocated elbow.... End C. ing some real deep informa- G. Walker and quarterback tion, told the Monday Quar- Vernon Valdez delivered fiYTe terback Club. that, in effect, performances.... We were l his A:decs aren't afraid of any treated wonderfully .by the body and "if we get up for Montana State people and the the game as we did against officials from the Skyline Con- College of Pacific, we have ference were courteous '\Pd a chance to whip the Marines capable.. , . With Valdez hit- this weekend. ting more than 50 per cent The Aztecs and Trometter's of his passes, the air game powerful unde1eated Marines may be _a major share of our ' offense m the future. , .• All clash Saturday night in Aztec we know about Pomona Col. Bowl. lege, our opponent this week- State is 2-1 for the season end, is thatr they run the sin- after defeating La Verne, 38- gle-wing." O, and San Francisco State, George Schulte, San Diego . Jumor College: "we expected 14-13, and loi;mg by four touch- a tougher game from ~sa- downs to COP. dena City College (the Knights The Marines have won all won, 64-18) than we received. !our of their games their lat- Our third group played more t · t 52 0 ' than the first. ... It's nice es VIC ory a · romp over to have a 9.4 sprinter such as / Fresno State Saturday night Roscoe Cook going for you. at Fresno. . .. We expect a tough one "La Verne was no threat Friday night at East Los An- geles JC" except for a passer (Ken Col- · . bertl " Governali told th e Tom Carter, St. Augustine quart 0 erbacks at Mission Val- High: "Our line had a lot to Jey Country Club. d? with our 25-18 victory over Lmcoln" "Fresno was unable to get · . ., . started" said Trometter "and Governah: I! the game 1s we got' a real team eff~rt out close, you'll fin~ we use onl,Y of the boys. We're expecting 16 to 18 men, smce don t a tough game with the Az- h_ave m_uch depth. Ii 1t s one- tees " sided either way, we get the · subs into the game." I Other comments: Al Lewis, Cal Western: Charlie Smith, San Diego "Loss of tackle Al Schnoebel- State coach who scouted the en and guard Wayne Cassity Fresno-Marine game: "T h e with injuries hurt us badly in !:Marines, we!g!1!ng 225 to 240 our los~ to Oceanside JC m the line, simply manhan- (32-7), smce we didn't have died the Fresno club. Th e men with weight or experi- Aztecs will be out-manned." ence behind them. Seven of Trometter: "I saw Smith u.t our players had never pla> ed El Paso 10 days ago when we a football gam~ before.... played Ft. Bliss, and again at End Dick ~m1th and Bob Fresno. The Aztecs definitely Jones also did well. ..• Our are concerned about us ... lteam should b~ Improved Vo(e won't know what back- when we .~eet Riverside this field we'll use against Slate weekend. because we have two or three --------

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October 9, 1957 Pioneers [ose 13 With Flu Thineen players have been sidelined with the flu at thP Universitv of San Diego but noach B~ McCutcheon insists that his team will play Po- mona-CIPircmont College at Ba I b O a Stadium, Saturday night. Fiv" of the 13 were sched- uled to start this week. They a,e center Jack Garofano, half· back Joe .McNamara, guard Ken Cook, fullback Duane Rudzinski and end C. G. Walker. McNamara, incident• ally, had been sch~duled to start in place of m1ured Bob Kevs at left half. Dr. Richard Luthe~, the team physician, said 1t has not been determined whether the outbreak is the As1a:n type flu. ·t . Because of the il!nesse~ t 1s unlikely the Pioneers will be able to work out al all this week in preparation for the Sa<>ehcns. . USD lost a game on . It~ schedule yesterday whe1;1 C1tn· cado Bowl officials decided 10 invite Arizona State of Flag• staff and Marine Corps ~e- cruit Depot for its Thanksg1v• ing Day cortest. . Citricado officials said they were unable to obtain an op· ponent for USD. The Pioneers already have played Fl(lgsta.!! and have MCRD on their schedule.

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By PAUL COUR bo, s reacted. We had stage Bull Trometter, San Diego fright at 1irsl but ,,e out- Manne Corps Recruit Depot played thctrt the second half football coach, ame awfully Four times we were in- close ·cstcrda to admitting ~id~ their 20." he has' a Rolid football team Cal western coach Al Lewis, at MCRD this seasorr. But not whose team lost to Oceanside quite. Everyone else, mclud- Junior ollege said he had ing San Diego Stat~ College' seven boys who had never coach Paul Govcrnah, at Mon- played iootball before in his day'!! meeting ot the Aztec lineup. He expressed satis- Quarterback Club appeared faction with their play. convinced that. the ;. lannes George Schutte, whose San nre the No. 1 gnd outul ln the Diego Junior College team arra. . , romped over Pasadena Junior Governall pald high tribute College, 64-18, Friday night, to Tromettcr's Mart ;1 es, said he hoped his te m whom hi Aztecs meet Satur- wouldn't "have their heads in day night nt Aztec Bowl. the clouds" when they play B t Team Effort East Los Angeles City College Trometter would only say this weekend. his team's 53-0 victory over He called the Pasadena win Fre~no Safe la t Saturday a team victory, adding "it's "wa~ one or our best team nice to have a id who can el!orts . , • it's the first time run a :09.4 hundred on your we've played as a unit," team (Roscoe Cook)". Weekly, Trometter has told Tom Carter, St. Augustine the Quarterback~ at Mt sion High coach, singled out his Valley Country• Club that his line for special praise in as. boys really aren't as good as sessing the Saints' 25-18 wir, they seem. MCRD now has over Lincoln. won four and lost none. "Our line was superior ... The Marines rolled up 449 the game rated as a tm,i;up yards to Fresno's 63. After going into it ... We' ·e look- that exhibition, Trometter Jett ing to r w a rd to another h!s crying towel back at the scrappy, aggressive team in barracks. Mission Bay this Friday." Go\' mall Laud · Booth Gov en all said the Aztecs' I 8-0 win over LaVerne Col- l ge wa. "an easy crim- 1 ge.' The Aztecs scheduled th game a!ler Cal Poly had to cancel Its game with San Olego because o! .A.sian flu.

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The Aztec mentor praised Point Lorna's Jerry Booth, a fre hman !or whom Governali predict. a great future. •·we were real happy with Jerry's play. He reacts quick- ly to situations . : . not real fast but quick," said Govcr- nali. Pioneers Prai.sed Ch11rlcy Smith of the Aztec atatt, who h s scouted MCRD 1111 season, said the Mannes ''manhandled lhe Fresno club, wh!rh was not up to par Ith last ear's tea.,." "We'll be outmanned Sat- urdny," • he s11ld. "MCRD would rank with ny o( U1e top nrl ndent cl b on the oa t tlrtS ye r.'' Bdb Ne utcheon prai cd his Univ r lty of San Diego team, wh!c'fi lost to Montana State, 21-7, Saturday. "l was proud ot the \\ ay the

scrimmages this week and the survivors will play ... Quar- terback Bob Liles did a good job at Fresno." Bob McCutcheon, Univer- sity of San Diego: "We were proud ot our boys after losing to Montana State (21-7) at Bozeman. In fact, it we hadn't been so jittery at the start it may have been difterent.••• We outplayed them in the sec- ond half, and four times got within their 20-yard line with• out scoring.... Bob Keyes,